When a person feels a high level of anxiety at having to use the telephone; a phobic response to making calls possibly due to social awkwardness.
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Steve - "The boss told me to call our whole client list, but faced with all those people to phone I started to hyperventilate."
Jess - "Woah dude, you have a case of phonophobia big time."
2. I knew I had to call up my insurance company and complain, but I started dreading the awful hold music and my phonophobia got the better of me.
Steve - "The boss told me to call our whole client list, but faced with all those people to phone I started to hyperventilate."
Jess - "Woah dude, you have a case of phonophobia big time."
2. I knew I had to call up my insurance company and complain, but I started dreading the awful hold music and my phonophobia got the better of me.
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This condition is often associated with Monday mornings and Friday afternoons in the work environment.
This condition is often associated with Monday mornings and Friday afternoons in the work environment.
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